There has been unprecedented upheaval in congress, specifically among the republican majority in the house. The parties nominee for speaker of the house, congressman Steve Scalise has Just Announced that he is dropping out as a candidate. I just share what my colleagues that i withdraw my name as a candidate for the speaker does a country. As you look at over the last couple of weeks, there is still work to be done. We are going to have more on that story in just a bit. But we continue our coverage of the Israel Hamas War which is about to enter its seventh day of fighting. A number of dead from this conflict has now reached more than 2800 people. Among that number, israel reports at least 1300 israeli lives lost, including over 200 israeli soldiers. The Palestinian Health Ministry Reports more than 1500 palestinian lives have been lost. Those same authorities report that the number of injured israelis is more than 3300. The number of injured palestinians as more than 6000. The number
Which is worrisome. Thank you, my friend, for all the breaking news. And thanks to you at home for joining in this continuing night of news development. A lot of big breaking news. In the last hour there has been unprecedented upheaval in congress, specifically among the republican majority in the house. The partys nominee for speaker of the house, congressman Steve Scalise has Just Announced that he is dropping out as a candidate. I just share what my colleagues that i withdraw my name as a candidate for the speaker does a country. As you look at over the last couple of weeks, there is still work to be done. We are going to have more on that story in just a bit. But we continue our coverage of the Israel Hamas War which is about to enter its seventh day of fighting. A number of dead from this conflict has now reached more than 2800 people. Among that number, israel reports at least 1300 israeli lives lost, including over 200 israeli soldiers. The Palestinian Health Ministry Reports mo
israel has pulled its negotiators out of talks in qatar, because it says discussions there aimed at agreeing a new truce with hamas designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government had reached a dead end . israel s military has intensified its bombardment of gaza since a temporary ceasefire expired yesterday, with air strikes in north western gaza, and khan younis in the south where hundreds of thousands of people fled earlier in the war to escape fighting. according to the hamas run health ministry, 193 people have been killed and 650 injured since the resumption of fighting. a convoy of humanitarian aid has crossed into gaza for the first time since thursday. humanitarian groups are warning of catastrophic consequences for civilians. the international federation of the red cross says aid workers won t be able to reach people in need if the air strikes continue. live now to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams in jerusalem. in terms of israel s strategy, wh